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Marvel’s Black Panther

by Brenda M. Greene

Marvel’s Black Panther Brenda M. Greene Book Review The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con was a memorable moment for independent researcher and writer Todd Steven Burroughs. Burroughs begins Marvel’s Bl...

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Brooklyn’s Finest

by Kam Williams

Brooklyn’s Finest Kam Williams images/img23.jpg Film Review Flawed NYPD Officers Featured as "Brooklyn’s Finest"   Brooklyn's Finest Rated R for nudity, graphic sexuality, pe...

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Tower Heist

by Kam Williams

Tower Heist Kam Williams towerheist.jpg Film Review Victims Turn Tables on Con Man in Murphy-Stiller Buddy Comedy Tower Heist Rated PG-13 for profanity and sexuality. Running time: 104 Minute...

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Boss of Black Brooklyn, The Life and Times of Bertram Baker

by Brenda M. Greene

Boss of Black Brooklyn, The Life and Times of Bertram Baker Brenda M. Greene Book Review Bertram Baker was a man of his times… Like Du Bois, Bertram believed in agitating to achieve political...

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City Son: Andrew W. Cooper’s Impact on Modern-Day Brooklyn

by Robert Fleming

City Son: Andrew W. Cooper’s Impact on Modern-Day Brooklyn Robert Fleming Book Review So many African-American newspapers and publications have vanished from view, but their impact remains on the...

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The Avengers

by Kam Williams

The Avengers Kam Williams samuel_avenger.jpg Film Review Superheroes Unite to Save the Planet in ‘Marvel’ous Comic Book Adaptation The Avengers [2012] In Theaters: May 4, 2012 Wide Ra...

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It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’

by Kam Williams

It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’ Kam Williams its_pi6.jpg Film Review It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’ Click to order via AmazonUnrated Running time: 77 minutes Studio: S...

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Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain

by Kam Williams

Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain Kam Williams kevin-hart-let-me-explain.jpg Film Review Hottest Stand-Up Comic Wows Sold-Out Garden in Concert Tour Finale Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain In Theaters: Jul 3, 20...

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Love Don’t Come Easy

by Tiffany M. Davis

Love Don’t Come Easy Tiffany M. Davis Book Review Boy looks for girl. Boy finds girl. Boy loses girl. Boy looks for another girl. J.T. Smith puts a fresh spin on an old formula in his highly enterta...

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Unzipped

by Thumper

Unzipped Thumper Book Review One of my favorite urban authors, Noire, is back with a new novel, Unzipped. In case you don’t know, I love LOVE Noire’s books! Noire has reached the ulti...

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Color Him Father

by Kam Williams

Color Him Father Kam Williams Book Review Book Reviewed by Kam Williams ’My dad has a gentle spirit and quiet determination. He worked 30 years for the U.S. Postal Service, beginning as the ...

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Allah Is Not Obliged

by Thumper

Allah Is Not Obliged Thumper Book Review ’The full, final and completely complete title of my bullshit story is: Allah is not obliged to be fair about all the things he does here on...

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Drive Me Crazy

by Thumper

Drive Me Crazy Thumper Book Review When I began writing this review one of my favorite Nancy Wilson recordings, How Glad I Am, was playing in the background. The record perfectly captures my feelin...

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Unchon-ni: South Korea, I Remember 1962-63

by Robert Fleming

Unchon-ni: South Korea, I Remember 1962-63 Robert Fleming Book Review Codis Hampton III’s stirring account of his time in the military in South Korea was the first book produced by this veteran...

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Grace After Midnight: A Memoir

by Troy Johnson

Grace After Midnight: A Memoir Troy Johnson Book Review This Review Appears in the Fall 2007 Issue of Harlem World Magazine  Felicia “Snoop” Pearson, of...

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Triple Take

by Thumper

Triple Take Thumper Book Review Triple Take, the debut novel by Y. Blak Moore, reminds me of an old timey Hollywood western. Despite the fact that Triple Take takes place in the 21st century mean s...

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The Right Mistake

by Thumper

The Right Mistake Thumper Book Review I don't need to ask, what did I do to deserve such good fortune? I stay good. It’s my natural state of being. *LOL* Although I did not ask i...

Film Review

Out of the Furnace

by Kam Williams

Out of the Furnace Kam Williams out-of-the-furnace.jpg Film Review Ex-Con Searches for Missing Sibling in Gruesome Revenge Thriller  Out of the Furnace In Theaters: Dec 6, 2013 Wide Rated R ...

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Repentance

by Kam Williams

Repentance Kam Williams repentance.jpg Film Review Repentance In Theaters: Feb 28, 2014 Limited Rated R for profanity, violence and torture Running time: 90 minutes Mystery & Suspense, Ho...

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Talk to Me

by Kam Williams

Talk to Me Kam Williams talk_t65.jpg Film Review DVD Features Don Cheadle as Con-Turned-Controversial DC DJ   Talk to Me (2007) (HD DVD/Standa...

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American Violet

by Kam Williams

American Violet Kam Williams americ2.jpg Film Review Dramatization Revisits Infamous Case of Racial Profiling and Malicious Prosecution in Texas   American Violet Rat...

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Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid

by Troy Johnson

Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid Troy Johnson Book Review Lizzie & McKenzie’s Fabulous Adventures: Mayhem in Madrid is the first book in a series of chapter books t...

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Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’s Journey across the Mason-Dixon Line

by Robert Fleming

Reversal of Trends: A Black Man’s Journey across the Mason-Dixon Line Robert Fleming Book Review Often, memoirs can be self-indulgent, unimaginative, and a cheesy promotion of self. That’s not ...

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I Am Jackie Robinson

by Kam Williams

I Am Jackie Robinson Kam Williams Book Review An AALBC.com Bestselling Book May/June 2015 Book Reviewed by Kam Williams “Jackie Robinson learned to be brave when he was very young. He gre...

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Faith in the Fire: Wisdom for Life

by Kam Williams

Faith in the Fire: Wisdom for Life Kam Williams Book Review "Amazingly, many people of faith and members of the reading public have not heard of Gardner Taylor or his accomplishments. Publication ...

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African Rhytms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston

by Robert Fleming

African Rhytms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston Robert Fleming Book Review True jazz buffs will welcome this well-detailed, informative memoir, African Rhythms, by one of the most innovative mus...

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Red at the Bone

by Brenda M. Greene

Red at the Bone Brenda M. Greene Book Review Jacqueline Woodson is the best-selling author of more than two dozen award-winning books, including the 2016 New Times best-selling National Book Award fi...

Film Review

Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema

by Kam Williams

Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessment of the Best (and Worst) in Black Cinema Kam Williams https://aalbc.com/reviews/images/Just-Wright.jpg Film Review Blacktrospective 2010 - Annual Assessmen...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase the ...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase th...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase th...

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man

by Kam Williams

Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man Kam Williams Book Review “I want every woman who truly wants a solid relationship to forget everything she’s been taught about men erase th...

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Squirrels & Puppies: Dark Morality Tales

by Robert Fleming

Squirrels & Puppies: Dark Morality Tales Robert Fleming Book Review In the foreword of Squirrels & Puppies, Mebane’s second book, the author has fun with the reader, saying in a tongue-in...

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Black Pulp

by Robert Fleming

Black Pulp Robert Fleming Book Review In his succinct introduction, award-winning novelist Walter Mosley, creator of the noted private eye Easy Rawlins, explains the appeal of fiction printed i...

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Conversation with the Mann

by Thumper

Conversation with the Mann Thumper Book Review Not since Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man has a first person narrative novel struck me with such a poignant sense of completeness and satisfaction a...

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Every Tongue Got To Confess

by Thumper

Every Tongue Got To Confess Thumper Book Review I’m about to write words that I never thought that I would write. I never believed that I would ever be in the position of reviewing the newest, ...

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Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor

by Kam Williams

Hokum: An Anthology of African-American Humor Kam Williams Book Review ‘Hokum is my chance to recognize and thank the black upper-, middle-, low-, and no-class clown for being more than comic...

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A Day Late and a Dollar Short

by Paige Turner

A Day Late and a Dollar Short Paige Turner Book Review The publishing world and the legions of Terry McMillan fans can now officially exhale. McMillan’s long awaited "serious" nov...

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Who We Be: The Colorization of America

by Kam Williams

Who We Be: The Colorization of America Kam Williams Book Review “Race. A four-letter word. The greatest social divide in American life, a half-century ago and today. During that time, the ...

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The Ecstatic

by Thumper

The Ecstatic Thumper Book Review In a landmark volume on cultural stereotypes, Yuval Taylor (Faking It) and Jake Austen, the editor of Roctober Magazine, detail the history of the significance of...

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Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop

by Robert Fleming

Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy from Slavery to Hip-Hop Robert Fleming Book Review In a landmark volume on cultural stereotypes, Yuval Taylor (Faking It) and Jake Austen, the editor of Roctober M...

Film Review

Next Day Air

by Kam Williams

Next Day Air Kam Williams next_d73.jpg Film Review Laughs Aplenty in Hilarious Homage to Blaxploitation Genre Next Day Air Rated R for violence, drug use, pervasive profanity and brief ...

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Watchmen

by Kam Williams

Watchmen Kam Williams watchm18.jpg Film Review Long-Awaited Adaptation of Graphic Novel an Underwhelming Disappointment   Watchmen Rated R for full frontal nu...

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Who’s Your Caddy?

by Kam Williams

Who’s Your Caddy? Kam Williams whos_y27.jpg Film Review Ghetto Goes Golfing in Crass Color-Conscious Comedy Who’s Your Caddy? Rated PG-13 for sexuality, nudity, profanity, ethnic ...

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Annie

by Kam Williams

Annie Kam Williams annie-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Annie (2014) In Theaters: Dec 19, 2014 Wide Rated PG for mild epithets and rude humor Running time: 118 minutes Distributor: Columbia Pictu...

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Code Name: The Cleaner

by Kam Williams

Code Name: The Cleaner Kam Williams code_n62.jpg Film Review DVD Features Cedric the Entertainer in Comic Crime Caper   Code Name: The Cleaner Click to order via Amazon ...

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Fast & Furious 6

by Kam Williams

Fast & Furious 6 Kam Williams fast-and-furious-still.jpg Film Review Farfetched Sequel Features Comedy and Cartoon Physics Fast & Furious 6 In Theaters: May 24, 2013 Wide PG-13 for sexuali...

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Iron Man 2

by Kam Williams

Iron Man 2 Kam Williams images/ironman2.jpg Film Review Downey Delights with Charm and Derring-Do in Swashbucking Sequel Iron Man 2 Rated PG-13 for profanity and intense sci-fi violence. I...

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Crown Heights

by Kam Williams

Crown Heights Kam Williams ../reviews/images/crown-heights.jpg Film Review Courtroom Docudrama Recounts Real-Life Miscarriage of Justice Excellent (★★★★) Rated R for lan...

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Love Don’t Live Here Anymore

by Paige Turner

Love Don’t Live Here Anymore Paige Turner Book Review Randy, the main character in Denene Millner and Nick Chiles "Love Don’t Live Here Anymore" reflects on his marriage: "What ...

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Born to Win

by Kam Williams

Born to Win Kam Williams Book Review "No Negro player, man or woman, had ever set foot on one of these courts. In many ways, it was an even tougher personal Jim Crow-busting assignment than was...

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Ghetto Nation

by Kam Williams

Ghetto Nation Kam Williams Book Review ’Ghetto no longer refers to where you live, it is how you live. It is a mind-set’ a mind-set that thinks the M words — monogamy and marr...

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A Phat Death

by Thumper

A Phat Death Thumper Book Review A Phat Death (or, the Last Days of Noir Soul) is the latest Nina Halligan novel by Norman Kelley. I have been a fan of Nina Halligan and her creator since I read t...

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It Begins With Tears

by Akilah Monifa

It Begins With Tears Akilah Monifa Book Review From Montego Bay (a.k.a. MoBay), Jamaica to Manhattan with visits in Brooklyn, Kristoff Valley, Jamaica, and Eternal Valley, Opal Palmer Adisa&rsquo...

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The Wake Up Call

by Robert Fleming

The Wake Up Call Robert Fleming Book Review With a focus on the young at heart, personal finance expert Ash Exantus aka Ash Cash employs the themes of master rapper-businessman Jay Z’s classic ...

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Book of Letters

by Robert Fleming

Book of Letters Robert Fleming Book Review Mary J. Taylor’s Book Of Letters is just that, a book of letters from the Old School of storytelling. The series of sepia cultural flashbacks moves th...

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Black Folk Could Fly

by Robert Fleming

Black Folk Could Fly Robert Fleming Book Review Some of our literary greats fly under the radar. The unexpected death of the late great author Randall Kenan in 2020 at age 57 brought him well-deserve...

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Handbook for an Unpredictable Life How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother

by Kam Williams

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother Kam Williams Book Review “I hated the fact that my mother was crazy. I wanted her to be normal. Even when...

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Jamerican Connection

by Akilah Monifa

Jamerican Connection Akilah Monifa Book Review First time novelist Sandra A. Ottey was born in Jamaica but lives in the United States as she has for most of her life. According to Ottey a "Jamer...

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Thoughts from a Unicorn: 100% Black. 100 Jewish. 0% Safe

by Kam Williams

Thoughts from a Unicorn: 100% Black. 100 Jewish. 0% Safe Kam Williams Book Review “Born to an African-American Orthodox Jewish family, MaNisshtana has spent his life being Black, being Jewish,...

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Race Matters

by Kirby Roy III

Race Matters Kirby Roy III Book Review Reading and evaluating the overriding themes in Cornel West’s Race Matters, which was published in 1993, given the context of events that have occurred si...

Film Review

Legacy

by Michael Dequina

Legacy Michael Dequina images/LegacyPoster4-212x300.jpg Film Review   Legacy [2010] LEGACY Not Rated Running time: 92 minutes Studio: Codeblack Entertainment Rating: 3 1...

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Notorious

by Kam Williams

Notorious Kam Williams jamal_17.jpg Film Review Warts-and-All Bio-Pic Recounts Rise and Fall of Biggie Smalls Notorious Rated R for nudity, drug use, graphic sexuality, ethnic slurs and p...

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Off and Running

by Kam Williams

Off and Running Kam Williams images/offandrunning.jpg Film Review Adoptees Identity Issues Examined by Blended-Family Documentary Off and Running Click to order via Amazon Actors...

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Punta Soul

by Kam Williams

Punta Soul Kam Williams punta_28.jpg Film Review   PARANDA MEDIA 80 Vaughn Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Contact: Margery Laing 914-393-3037 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Februa...

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She’s Gotta Have It

by Kam Williams

She’s Gotta Have It Kam Williams shes_g9.jpg Film Review Spike Lee’s First Feature Film Finally Arrives on DVD   She’s Gotta Have It (1986) Click to order via Amazon Directors: ...

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Skid Row

by Kam Williams

Skid Row Kam Williams skid_r12.jpg Film Review   Rapper Goes Undercover to Shed Light on Plight of the Homeless Skid Row Click to order via Amazon Rated R for drug use and profanit...

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ATL

by Kam Williams

ATL Kam Williams atl.ht46.jpg Film Review T.I. Makes Impressive Screen Debut in Coming-of-Age Flick Set in His Hometown of Atlanta ATL Film Review by Kam Williams Excellent (3.5 stars) Rated PG-13 f...

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Big Words

by Kam Williams

Big Words Kam Williams big-words-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Rap Group Reunites on 2008 Election Day in Dream Deferred Drama Big Words In Theaters: Jul 19, 2013 Limited Unrated Running time: 94 ...

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Bushwick Homecomings

by Kam Williams

Bushwick Homecomings Kam Williams bushwi45.jpg Film Review College Grad Returns to Roots to Reminisce and to Find ’Hood Undergoing Urban Renewal   Bushwick Homecomings Unrated ...

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Cop Out

by Kam Williams

Cop Out Kam Williams images/img28.jpg Film Review Tracy Morgan and Bruce Willis Co-Star in Mismatched Cops Comedy Cop Out Rated R for pervasive profanity, sexual references, violence and br...

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The Hip Hop Project

by Kam Williams

The Hip Hop Project Kam Williams the_hi36.jpg Film Review  Once Homeless Orphan Relies on Rap to Reach Troubled NYC Teens   The Hip Hop Project Rated PG-13 for profanity and ...

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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child

by Kam Williams

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child Kam Williams images/4-JMB.jpg Film Review Bio-Pic Recounts Brash Artist’s Meteoric Rise and Untimely Demise Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Chil...

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Jumping the Broom

by Kam Williams

Jumping the Broom Kam Williams images/jumping_the_broom.jpg Film Review Ghetto Meets Suburbia Comedy Co-Starring Alonso and Patton Arrives on DVD Jumping the Broom Click to order DVD fr...

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